A user account cannot run a .exe, only to get hold to open/save.

A user account running on this PC suddenly can't startup such as IE applications, Solutions from HP, widget bar displaying stopped, etc. could be a virus, the user compained about nagging holdup to install virus protection, even if we have MacAfee in place and fine workmanship, all protections in place. Double click on IE icon to start and gets the heist to open or save the .exe file. How should I do? I'm an admin, but I don't see a way to solve this problem in the mapping of types of files/mimetypes.

Hi Iluvtunes,

This could be a problem with the corruption of the user profiles, because this issue is not with the other user accounts. I suggest to create a new user and check if the problem persists.

Steps to create a new user profile.

  1. Open a user account by clicking the Start button, click Control Panel, click user accounts and family safety (or by clicking on user accounts, if you are connected to a network domain), and then clicking user accounts.
  2. Click Manage another account.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  3. Click create a new account.
  4. Type the name that you want to assign to the user account, click an account type, and then click create an account.

If the new user account works fine, then you can copy all the files to the new user profile.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

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